Mar 17, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 13:14-18, The Promise of Land
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and...
Mar 16, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 13:1-13, Abram and Lot Separate
1 So Abram went up [from the Nile valley to hills] from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. 2...
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 12:10-20, Abram & Sarai in Egypt
10 Now there was a famine in the land. [Famines compel all of the patriarchs to move at some point.] So Abram went down to Egypt to...
Mar 14, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 12:4-9, Abram Goes
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. [Abram...
Mar 11, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 12:1-3, The Call of Abram
Chapters 12-50 of Genesis contain three long connected cycles of narrative: 11:27-25:11 The Story of Abraham 25:19-35:29 The...
Mar 10, 20221 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 11:27-32, The Descendants of Terah
27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence...
Mar 9, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 11:10-26, Shem's Descendants
10 These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived...
Mar 8, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 11:1-9, The Tower of Babel
The narrative structure & palistrophe of the Tower of Babel v. 1 Introduction v. 2 Scene 1: The travels of mankind vv. 3-4 ...
Mar 7, 20223 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 10, The Nations Descended from Noah
1 These are the generations [introduces a new section] of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the...
Mar 4, 20222 min read
Knowing The Word in Genesis 9:18-28, The Vineyard/Wine Fail
18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan [emphasized here because he...